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Ambassadors are a kind of vehicle and bellwether for globalization. These diplomatic envoys serve as pivotal contact points between nations across a wide range of fields, from economics and culture to health and the environment. The special group of ambassadors in this book – those based in Beijing – are at the forefront of what for many countries is one of their most important bilateral relationships, as well one of the most striking and consequential aspects of global affairs in the 21st century: the rise of China on the world stage.

This book aims to present an overview of China and the world from diverse angles. It brings together essays by ambassadors to China on a range of bilateral and multilateral issues, including trade and investment, regional economic cooperation, sustainable development, technology and innovation, and entrepreneurship. Given their familiarity with China and extensive international experience, the insights of these ambassadors are useful for policymakers, academics, entrepreneurs, students, and anyone trying to make sense of our rapidly changing world.

Dr. Wang pursued hisPhD studies in international business and global management at University of Western Ontario and University of Manchester. He was a Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School and a Visiting Fellow at Brookings Institution. He was on the Advisory Board of International Organization of Migration (IOM) of the United Nations. In addition, Dr. Wang is a Steering Committee Member of the Paris Peace Forum launched by French President Emmanuel Macron. He is an Advisory Member of Yale University Asia Development Council and an Advisory Member of Duke-Kunshan University inChina.

Dr. Wang has published and editedover 80Chinese andEnglishbooksrelatedto globalization,globalmigration,China’soutboundinvestmentandChinesediaspora. 

His latest English books include: The Globalization of Chinese Enterprises: Trends and Characteristics (Springer, Singapore 2020); Handbook on China and Globalization (Edward Elgar, 2019) and China’s Domestic and International Migration Development (Springer, Singapore, 2019).

Dr. Miao Lu is the Co-founder and General Secretary for CCG, the Deputy Director General of the Alliance of Global Talent Organizations (AGTO) and the Deputy Director General of the International Writing Center of Beijing Normal University. She received her Ph.D. in contemporary Chinese studies from Beijing Normal University in 2012 and Post-doctoral Fellow of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. She has been a visiting scholar at New York University’s China House and the Fairbank Center at Harvard University. She received a Lien Fellow with Lien YingChow Legacy Fellowship at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. In 2020, she has been selected as Young Leader for Munich Security Conference (MSC).

Dr. Miao is a co-author of many Chinese Social Science Academy Blue Books and Chinese Social Science Foundation’s research project reports. Dr. Miao had accomplished her books which detailed described about China outbound business and global talent in Chinese edition. Her latest publications in English are Handbook on China and Globalization (Edward Elgar, 2019); China’s Domestic and International Migration Development (Springer, 2019) and The Globalization of Chinese Enterprises: Trends and Characteristics(Springer, 2020).